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Capping rents is not the answer to housing crisis

Capping rents is not the answer to housing crisis...

A Press Release issued today by  suggests that addressing the current housing crisis by capping rents will lead to poorer standards of accommodation and a reduction in the supply of properties. The recent...

Yvonne Hall NLA Property Woman of the Year 2012

Yvonne Hall NLA Property Woman of the Year 2012...

From a shortlist of 36 from six Regional Award categories and five Principal Award categories, Yvonne Hall has been named the overall winner and NLA Property Woman of the Year 2012. Supported by headline...

Advanced Rent – is this the ultimate assurance for landlords?

Advanced Rent – is this the ultimate assurance for landlords?

Tenant referencing has now evolved to the extent that insurance companies are prepared to underwrite the risks associated with the financing of Advanced Rent payments, allowing landlords to secure payment...

Charities plea for support to help former squatters

Charities plea for support to help former squatters...

Criminalising squatting has had severe consequences for the homeless, leaving them with no where to go during winter causes mortality rates to rise. Combating the causes of homelessness has never been...

Gurdeep Dhaliwal of Nottingham

Gurdeep Dhaliwal of Nottingham...

Gurdeep Dhaliwal of Nottingham I am a Landlord ...

EU Gender Directive forcing all Life Insurance rates Up

EU Gender Directive forcing all Life Insurance rates Up...

Guest article by Howard Reuben IFA I am not a salesman, but ……….. buy it whilst it’s cheap! If you are considering your life cover plans at the moment or if you need to arrange life insurance over...

Consumer Confidence Survey See Saw

Consumer Confidence Survey See Saw...

Rightmove’s latest Consumer Confidence Survey of more than 33,000 home-movers finds that the proportion of respondents expecting average asking prices to be higher a year from now has risen to 29%, up...

Simon Dowse of Salisbury

Simon Dowse of Salisbury...

Simon Dowse of Salisbury I have been a landlord for over 3 years and have worked in the housing market since 2004. I am slowly building a portfolio of rental properties with the aim of keeping them for...

Property Tribes trending topics of the week

Property Tribes trending topics of the week...

The founders of Property Tribes and Property118 are very much believers in collaboration as opposed to competition. With this in mind both forums have agreed to share with each others readers the trending...

RLA welcomes government U-turn on direct payments in Northern Ireland

RLA welcomes government U-turn on direct payments in Northern...

RLA welcomes news that the Department for Work and Pensions will allow direct payments of housing benefits to be made to landlords in Northern Ireland. However Ministers at the DWP have objected to the...

Couples In Property Limbo

Couples In Property Limbo...

Couples in property limbo are living in Flatshares with no way onto the property ladder. 44% of couples living in flatshares say their living situation is affecting future plans to start families 14%...

Peter Block of Homes2rent-uk.co.uk St Albans

Peter Block of Homes2rent-uk.co.uk St Albans...

Peter Block of Homes2rent-uk.co.uk St Albans I am a Landlord and over the past 10 years we have built up experience in successfully managing the purchase, letting and upkeep of residential properties.

Enquiry into Private Rented Sector gives opportunity to voice opinion

Enquiry into Private Rented Sector gives opportunity to voice...

An Enquiry into the Private Rented Sector by The Communities and Local Government Committee will give us all an important opportunity to voice our opinions before the 17th of January 2013. The Enquiry...

Open Letter to The Property Ombudsman – Latest Update from TPO

Open Letter to The Property Ombudsman – Latest Update from...

Last month Mark wrote an open letter to The Property Ombudsman, which is copied below, concerning agents operating illegally. To see that letter and the reply from Christopher J Hamer of The Property Ombudsman...

Landlord Possession Claims Increase

Landlord Possession Claims Increase...

Landlord possession claims increase as rent arrears are at their highest level for four years. The Government’s quarterly court statistics show that in the second quarter of 2012 there were 25,422...

Spotlight on Christopher Hamer The Property Ombudsman

Spotlight on Christopher Hamer The Property Ombudsman...

Christopher Hamer The Property Ombudsman took up his current post in 2006. Prior to this he was the Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Commissioner, Director of Services at the Insurance Ombudsman...

Spotlight on Peter Lewis of Devon Landlords Association

Spotlight on Peter Lewis of Devon Landlords Association...

Peter Lewis of Devon Landlords Association  and his wife have been landlords for about fifteen years as a result of a daughter going to University and deciding to become a landlord rather than paying...

Norwich City Council use Proceeds of Crime Act against Criminal Landlord

Norwich City Council use Proceeds of Crime Act against Criminal...

Norwich City Council is the first local authority in the country to use Proceeds Of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 against a Criminal landlord who failed to comply with HMO license conditions. Mr Joseph Howman,

Property Tribes trending topics of the week

Property Tribes trending topics of the week...

The founders of Property Tribes and Property118 are very much believers in collaboration as opposed to competition. With this in mind both forums have agreed to share with each others readers the trending...

Jaz Dulay of Beaconsfield Bucks

Jaz Dulay of Beaconsfield Bucks...

Jaz Dulay of Beaconsfield Bucks I am a Landlord ...

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